Queen Remains In Top 3

Despite Nicki’s ranting and raving,Queen didn’t surpass Scott’s Astroworld sales and has taken the No. 3 spot this week. Boasting 94,504 total album equivalent units, 28,577 pure album sales and a streaming count of 84,796,217, Queen is still hanging in the Top 3, which is really nothing to be mad about.

Nicki has been extremely vocal about her fourth studio album failing to debut at No. 1 last week. She blamed Spotify, Scott, Kylie Jenner and their baby Stormi for the No. 2 debut and took her anger out on social media.

Top 10 Billboard 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 8/23/2018

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard’s new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.